Juwel Rio 125 (about 29G) no monsters here!

[LondonDragon]

Just a quick update, after 4 monhs my CO2 bottle is running out, so it will be time to try a FE for the first time, going to be interesting that

My glosso is filling in nicely, almost covered the front now, I prunned it at the weekend and now have new shoots going everywhere, here a quick photo:

Thanks for looking

 

[LondonDragon]

Took some more shots today, did a water change yesterday and gave things a good prune. Nothing much has changed, just letting things grow, have reduce the lighting back to 4x24w, think the 6x24w was a bit too much.
Been slacking a little on the EI dosing and water changes, so have noticed some algae, will do another water change mid week to get things on track.

Here some shots of the tank:

Comments and critics always welcomed

 

[LondonDragon]

Some photos of my fish the plants are just growing for now

And the Betta:

Thanks for looking, comments and critics always welcomed

 

[LondonDragon]

Just a quick update with some photos, not a lot has changed, just letting things grow now and keeping the glosso trimmed and low, few photos for you to see whats going on so far.

The Staurogyne sp. is doing better now:

So is the P. Helferi:

Close-up of the Fissidens Fontanus:

Hope you liked the photos and tank, critics and comments always welcomed.

Thanks for looking

 

[LondonDragon]

Hi guys/gals, just a quick update.

Few things have changed in the tank, lost some of the fish in the tank for no apparent reason, added three new ottos and problems started after that so not sure if they were the cause, anyway I lost the corries, the Aspistogrammas, and some of the ottos including the new ones. So for now I will let things as they are regarding fish, now I have left the 2 rainbows, 10 harlequim rasbora, 2 ottos, 1 betta, 1 clown plec (I think its still there) and some amano and red cherry shrimp.

Also since I couldn't find the dead fish I had to strip the tank to clean it properly and decided to uproot the plants and redo the moss wall, took the oportunity to learn from the moss wall what I did wrong before and make it right this time.

Here the tank after the clean up, with no moss wall:

Here two days later with the new moss wall:

Here is yesterday:

Fissidens Fontanus:

Staurogyne sp.:

Helferi and glosso:

Thanks for looking, comments and critics always welcomed

 

[djarmstrong]

Cannt remember if i have posted here , but it's a great looking tank .

 

[LondonDragon]

Cannt remember if i have posted here , but it's a great looking tank .

Many thanks

 

[LondonDragon]

Just a quick update, just letting things grow at the moment, haven't been to LFS so no new stems, just working with I got on the right hand side, still not happy about it. Have removed the Fissidens Fontanus from the redmoor wood and placed it in the shrimp tank as I had an algae issue with it, almost clearned now
Got all the spare parts I ordered to sort out my external, it was leaking, new o-rings sorted everything

Some photos:

Taiwan Moss:

Spiky Moss:

Weeping moss wall:

Thanks for looking

 

[LondonDragon]

Quick update with some photos

Due to problem with my luminaire, one of the ballasts went about 3 weeks ago, so things in the tank have been suffering.
I have lost almost all my Blyxa, my Donoi is almost all gone too, and the glosso started suffering too, the right hand side is a little bare and the rest of the glosso started growing upwards rather than as a carpet, plenty of trimming to try and keep it low.

I managed to purchase a replacement ballast online (EJQ ignored all my emails regarding the ballast, luminaire was still under warranty) and yesterday attempted a DIY install with success I have now a fully working luminaira again.

Some photos:

Moss wall:

Taiwan moss:

Managed to get this side shot:

Thanks for looking, comments and critics always welcomed by everyone

 

[LondonDragon]

Just a little update, has some might have noticed on a old post I have a little bit of glosso growing emersed over the tubbing of my external filter spraybar, today while doing the weekly water change I noticed it was flowering

Overal photo of the glosso:

Closer up of the glosso:

Close shots of the two flowers:

Thanks for looking, comments and critics always welcomed